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| - I really enjoyed lunch here. Learning about Japanese culture is a hobby of mine, including learning the language and food. So I enjoy a chance to eat at Japanese restaurant.
The signs and menus all had both English and Japanese. That's usually a good sign, it means they expect to serve people from Japan who know what how Japanese food should taste. It also usually means the staff speaks Japanese, so I can get in a bit of practice ordering in Japanese.
I decided to go with a "bento" box lunch special. I like "bento", because it is the traditional Japanese lunch, and I get to try little tastes of different things. In this case, the bento came with miso soup, rice, salad, vegetable and shrimp tempura, and chicken terriyaki. All were very good. I was impressed by the quality of the chicken meat, and how light the terriyaki sause was (instead of the usual heavy, sticky, syrupy terriyaki). I topped it off with a cold Sapporo beer. A very satisfying lunch.
The staff was also very nice, greeting us with the traditional "Irrashai!". My wife is not very experienced with chopsticks, and the waitress provided her a set of "chopstick helpers" to make it easier for her to eat. She tolerated my ordering in Japanese without any problems. And she quickly provided my wife with an extra helping of terriyaki sauce when asked.
I only had a few minor complaints. Our waitress was occassionally busy doing other tasks and sometimes took a while to check on us. And the menu was a bit more limited than some places.
Overall, this was a nice, casual, quiet place for a good lunch. I would be happy to go there again.
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